A touring health author who held a series of talks in Ireland last week has been accused of promoting banned substances that claim to prevent cancer.

Cork Airport has predicted its first passenger growth in almost five years next year following a significant €35m airline route expansion plan announced yesterday.

Ryanair has been accused of snubbing Cork Airport during its one million passenger growth strategy triggered by the scrapping of the €3 travel tax in the budget.

They may be more used to the finer things in life, but several leading lights in Cork’s business community are going to be roughing it to raise much-needed money to prevent people losing their homes.

Many young people are losing out on careers in the hospitality industry because they have a negative perception of the sector, a well-known Cork hotelier said yesterday.

MONEY cannot buy you everything. Like many Cork people, Ireland’s newest millionaires, the Cunningham family of Farranree, were yesterday hoping for the Rebel County’s hurlers to beat Waterford and claim an All-Ireland semi-final place.